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Method and apparatus for analyzing machine control sequences

a machine control and sequence technology, applied in the field of machine control sequence analysis methods and apparatuses, can solve the problems of cryptic and difficult to understand, inconvenient viewing of inability to provide a convenient way to view high-level execution summary data or low-level device debugging data. , to achieve the effect of convenient and expedient viewing, easy to understand and analyz

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-29
HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEV LP
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The present invention provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables easy viewing and analysis of machine control sequences and their execution results. The GUI display presents options for opening files containing execution results and a summary of the results. The technical effect of this invention is to provide a convenient and expedient way to view and analyze machine control sequences.

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Both creating and modifying text-based scripts can be extremely difficult and time-consuming tasks due to the cryptic nature of text-based scripts.
The results of execution of the text-based scripts by devices are typically presented in the form of text-based log files, which are equally cryptic and difficult to understand, even to persons skilled in analyzing such files.
Although GUI analysis tools, such as UNIX and Motif running on Windows, are capable of being set up to make analyzing machine control sequence results easier than the task of analyzing text-based log files, these tools still do not provide a convenient way for viewing high-level execution summary data or low-level device debugging data.
Furthermore, these types of tools are implemented in their native languages and are not portable over different operating systems.

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[0014]Prior to describing the preferred embodiment of the GUI of the present invention, a discussion will be provided with respect to creating and editing machine control sequences, since this typically occurs before the machine control sequences can be executed. However, those skilled in the art will understand, in view of the discussion provided herein, that the present invention is not limited with respect to the manner in which machine control sequences are created and / or edited.

[0015]The present invention preferably utilizes a tree-based GUI that enables test programs for testing various devices to be set up at a very high level. The GUI also enables parameters used in the programs to be easily changed at a very high level, thereby enabling the test programs to be easily modified. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a computer 10, which corresponds to the apparatus of the present invention and which performs the methods of the present invention, namely, generating the variou...

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A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that enables machine control sequences and the results of their execution to be easily and expediently analyzed. Logic is configured to execute GUI generation code and GUI user interaction handling code, and control a display device. When the logic executes the GUI generation code, a first window is displayed on the display device. The first window presents at least one option that enables a user to open a file comprising machine control sequence execution results resulting from execution of a machine control sequence. When the file is opened, a second window is displayed on the display device. The second window displays at least a summary of the execution results comprised in the file.

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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for analyzing machine control sequences and more particularly, to a graphical user interface (GUI) system for analyzing machine control sequences sent to various types of devices and the results of execution of the machine control sequences by the devices.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In backup storage systems, such as those used for large servers, robotics are often employed to move tapes to and from drives in order to store backup data from the servers on the tapes. These backup storage systems are tested by issuing various machine control sequences that cause the robotics and drives to perform various operations and by measuring the execution results. Currently, text-based scripts are used to create the machine control sequences that are used to perform these operations. In order to modify the machine control sequences, the text-based scripts must be modified. Both creating and modify...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/44G06F3/00G09G5/00
CPCG06F9/4443G06F9/451
Inventor MADDOCKS, PETER M.FERGUSON, DAVID P.MADDOCKS, STEVEWEITZEL, WILLIAM G.
Owner HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEV LP
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